Process-based empirical prediction of landslides in weakly lithified coastal cliffs, San Francisco, California, USA

Landslides and Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions - Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslides and Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 175-184

  Collins, B D ^a   Kayen, R ^a   Sitar, N ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL CLIFF; COASTAL LANDSLIDES; COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; LANDSLIDE PREDICTION; SAN FRANCISCO , CALIFORNIA; SEA LEVEL RISE; STORM EVENTS; WASHINGTON; WEST COAST; WINTER STORMS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 42649093127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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